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I personally have all hot-swaps enabled. It shouldn't matter if you only have one drive with Windows 7 in the first sata port on the motherboard.
Is their anything on the Intel drive?
Exactly what is on the DVD that you are trying to boot with and where did you get it?

Has this ssd with Windows 7 on it ever booted in this troubled computer?
If so did this computer have the motherboard that it has now?

Here is a tutorial by Gregrocker with a lot of information that could help.

Nothing is on the Intel other than Windows and a few things I could re download. It is the same motherboard I've had for the past 3 years, and the same ssd with widows on it that has always booted for me before the 12/9 windows update. These parts have always and only been in this machine which has worked great for the past 3years. This disc I'm trying to run is the Macrium Iso from whs, which he posted previously.

I did notice after going into partition wizard that it gives me the option to convert gpt disk to mbr disc for the ssd...and the other way around for hdd. The Intel is usually c: and the hdd either g or h. Not sure how to make partition wizard show that or which drive is system etc though.

You had me unhook all other drives in a previous post from page 3 in this thread, and try booting, but it did not work. I tried again and still nothing. I'm going to pick up a friend's laptop and got an external enclosure. Thank you for the tutorial link, I'll try going through that. In the mean time, any thoughts on what's going on or what the quickest fix would be based on everything that's been going on?

Boot Issue after Windows Update (Boot GUI turned off)I might be in big trouble here, but I'm hoping someone can help.
I turned off my computer, which triggered a bunch of updates. A few days later when I turn it on it doesn't boot (and/or asks for input that I can't see due to having turned off the boot GUI a while back).
So I have a blank...

Installation & Setup

Windows 7 Update Boot Error Can only Boot in Safe Mode nowWindows 7 Update Boot Error
Maybe this should be under Windows update problems, however I'm not positive that it is an update problem. I have no clue why this is happening. I am running windows 7 64
My computer has been trying to do a system update for awhile. I would shut down the...

Windows Updates & Activation

Windows won't boot after updateAt least, that's what I think. When I start the pc, windows will boot to the splash screen, hang hang for a minute and then reboot. Just before it does, I can hear the hdd spinning down.
Safe mode won't work, system restore won't work, loading last know configuration and system restore won't...

General Discussion

Will not boot after windows update.Hi everyone
I have a windows 7 PC (full spec below)
After running windows update the PC will not boot.
It just sits on the loading screen doing nothing.
I can boot in safe mode though.
Running a system restore to before the update does nothing.
Repair my computer also does nothing.
I have...

Windows Updates & Activation

Windows 7 will boot after updateI have a Dell Inspiron 570 that came preloaded with Windows 7 64bit. It has worked flawlessly until yesterday morning. Windows installed an update that I was not aware of, and when I restarted the computer, it hangs at the "Starting Windows" without the Windows logo coming up.
So I shut down...